The Washington Post, November 16th, 1997
It was for the sake of the children, House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt and Minority Whip David Bonior told their colleagues a few weeks ago, that they were spearheading what turned into President Clinton's stunning defeat on trade. Both of them had visited Mexican slums along the U.S. border. "The children," Gephardt told his colleagues, "as all children are, are beautiful." But the children were very poor, in some cases working in factories despite their very young age. The two Democratic leaders blamed this on trade, and in particular on the free-trade pact with the United States. Any f...
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